Text in Border CSS HTML

Question

I\'d like to have a div that looks like this:

Is this possible to do with HTML + CSS

Answer 1

Text in Border with transparent text background

.box{
    background-image: url("https://i.stack.imgur.com/N39wV.jpg");
    width: 350px;
    padding: 10px;
}

/*begin first box*/
.first{
    width: 300px;
    height: 100px;
    margin: 10px;
    border-width: 0 2px 0 2px;
    border-color: #333;
    border-style: solid;
    position: relative;
}

.first span {
    position: absolute;
    display: flex;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    align-items: center;
}
.first .foo{
    top: -8px;
}
.first .bar{
    bottom: -8.5px;
}
.first span:before{
    margin-right: 15px;
}
.first span:after {
    margin-left: 15px;
}
.first span:before , .first span:after {
    content: ' ';
    height: 2px;
    background: #333;
    display: block;
    width: 50%;
}


/*begin second box*/
.second{
    width: 300px;
    height: 100px;
    margin: 10px;
    border-width: 2px 0 2px 0;
    border-color: #333;
    border-style: solid;
    position: relative;
}

.second span {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
}
.second .foo{
    left: -15px;
}
.second .bar{
    right: -15.5px;
}
.second span:before{
    margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.second span:after {
    margin-top: 15px;
}
.second span:before , .second span:after {
    content: ' ';
    width: 2px;
    background: #333;
    display: block;
    height: 50%;
}

    

        FOO
        BAR
    

   


    

        FOO
        BAR